Adobe Ideas: Quick and simple Review

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Quick and simpleI love this zippy app for blasting through brainstorm sketches. It's extremely responsive on the iPad 3. Ideas is my go-to app for quick sketches with just enough tools to get the job done. The addition of layers has really made this powerful enough to get some decent looking sketches done.

New icon too dark, old features hampered needlesslyThe new icon is too dark for the home screen - it blends in too much against the dark linen texture of a folder, making the app less appealing to launch and use. The old color scheme was much more eye-catching and pleasant.
I've also noticed that the app is more sluggish in scrolling the gallery of my work - I assume this is due to a change in the underlying architecture of the app, rather than simply the addition of document titles.
The frustration of many users regarding the change in creating color themes is well founded - while it is in fact possible to create custom themes by dragging the eyedropper-selected color chip from the sidebar to the palette, and then the palette to the themes selector, this is more tedious and less joyful than the previous method. I have my suspicions that this is meant to shift the workflow towards a future release of Kuler for iOS, and I'm frustrated that this feature was taken out of the app.
This used to be an easy recommendation to anyone who bought an iPad, but now I suspect I'll be suggesting some other app.

Bakward InterfaceWell, this app is great, it is simple, it is vector based and very well serves its concept. Latest update created a better workflow to manage the ideas, but unfortunately presents a half baked messed up UI. Buttons are bigger and bulkier, it is a step back from previous interface, which was one of the reasons I bought the app.
If a simple swipe-in opens tool bar, buttons get smaller and the order of color palette and color picker return to what it was previously this app will get 5 stars for infinity.
Oh and if it uploads its PDF file to somewhere, iCloud or Drpbox! It only emails PDF files now!